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Someone at EV has just said they already have a promo of 'Vienna' remaster, and nothings happened to them. So with that in mind, id like to say that i have in fact had both 'Vienna' and 'RIE' for about a week.........and their Great!!

Joan As Policewoman - To Survive : Classic melodic torch songs.
Porcupine Tree - We Lost The Skyline : Great to hear Steve Wilson acoustic/unplugged.
Whiskeytown - Strangers Almanac Remaster : Ryan Adams at his best.

plus worth mentioning:

Hercules & Love Affair, Death Cab for Cutie, NIN.

Looking forward to hopefully some new stuff from The Blue Nile, David Sylvian and Ryan Adams!

Oooh - I don't know this name

The word 'torch' is very appealing. I need to find out more.
Thanks for posting!

Don't forget the very wonderful Baby Dee released Safe Inside The Day in January...

Well 'TGS' should be added now as one of the best reissues, apart from the fact of brilliant remastering, cd 2 is worth its weight in gold.

Well, now that Britney Spears and Take That are due tomorrow (some obsession with circuses there: but remember that Erasure got there over 20 years ago ), I think we're done for new releases this year so this is my final list:

THE TOP GROUP - SUPERB AND IMPORTANT
Jori Hulkkonen "Errare Machinale Est"
Hayden "In Field & Town"
The Notwist "The Devil, You + Me"
Portishead "Third"
Soft Cell "Heat: The Remixes"

THE MIDDLE GROUP - POTENTIALLY GREAT BUT HAVEN'T HEARD THEM QUITE ENOUGH YET
REM "Accelerate"
Lambchop "OH (ohio)"
Calexico "Carried To Dust"

THE LOWER GROUP - POTENTIALLY GREAT BUT HAVE BARELY PLAYED THEM FOR ONE REASON OR ANOTHER
Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds "Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!"
Aidan John Moffat "I Can Hear Your Heart"
The Flaming Lips "Christmas on Mars OST"
Damien Jurado "Caught in the Trees"

I didn't buy the Goldfrapp one in the end.

Was that it? Seems a short list. Perhaps the expenditure on Foxx rereleases was to blame?

The best things I have heard this year are

Savoy Grand "Burn The Furniture" (released in 2001)
The Blue Nile "High" (2004)

Yes, I think so. I spent an awful lot of money on CDs this year -- about the same as in previous years, perhaps a bit more -- and yet I have very little that's really new to show for my expenditures!

Sorry if it is poor etiquette to reply to your own quotes, but I am MORTIFIED to find I missed Tindersticks - "The Hungry Saw" off my list - this is probably my album of the year! Funny how the brain works (or doesn't).

I love Tindersticks and am happy to see them turning up in a best-of list but "The Hungry Saw" sounded kind of watered down and by-the-numbers to me and I lost interest after a couple of plays. I guess I should give it another shot. Still, it wasn't as tremendous a disappointment as Martina Topley-Bird's "Blue God"—what a letdown.

I think Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds' "Dig Lazarus Dig!!" will top my list for favorite of the year. Second place is a tie between TV on the Radio's "Dear Science" and Empire of the Sun's self-titled debut (yeah, I know, it's a bit ridiculous, but I can't help it!). I liked Jori Hulkkonen's "Errare Machinale Est" but don't listen to it much (except for the John Foxx track, of course).

In no particular order…

Best New Albums of 2008

Apparatus & Hand - Junk Receiver (Broadcasts From Bug Powder Radio)*
F*** Buttons – Street Horrrsing
The Advisory Circle – Other Channels
John Foxx & Louis Gordon - Impossible
Portishead – Third

*I know it’s from 2007, but I heard it in 2008 and as far as I know, it’ll probably see daylight in 2009 – since it’s from the year 2028 anyhow, none of this matters.


Best re-issues of 2008

Ultravox – Rage In Eden
John Foxx – The Garden / The Golden Section / In Mysterious Ways
Orchestral Manouvres in the Dark – Dazzle Ships
Suicide – Live 1977 – 1978
Fripp & Eno – No Pussyfooting


Best compilations of 2008

Mary Anne Hobbs presents Evangeline
John Foxx - Glimmer
Various - Some of the Interesting Things You'll See on a Long-Distance Flight
Various - Here We Go – The Other Side of Metal Beat
Various - An Anthology of Noise and Electronic Music Vol.5

Erm….Not a reissue, not a new album 2008

John Foxx & Louis Gordon – Neuro Video
John Foxx & Louis Gordon – A New Kind of Man
Phonorama – Phonorama CD
Various - Warp Spring Sampler 2008
Various - Wire Tapper 19


They also served 2008

Stereolab – Chemical Chords
Small Faces - Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake (1 millionth re-issue…at least)
T.O.N.T.O.s Expanding Headband – Zero Time
Dennis Wilson – Pacific Ocean Blue
The Passions – 30,000 Feet Over China
Martha & The Muffins – Danseparc

Gazza

[QUOTE]Originally posted by RadioBeach:
[QB] In no particular order…

Best New Albums of 2008

Apparatus & Hand - Junk Receiver (Broadcasts From Bug Powder Radio)*

*I know it’s from 2007, but I heard it in 2008 and as far as I know, it’ll probably see daylight in 2009 – since it’s from the year 2028 anyhow, none of this matters.QUOTE]

Now that is the nicest thing. Thank you SO much, Garry.

It is a 2008 release. I'm curently giving away free copies to friends & other dark kinky aliens before it goes on sale in 2009.

I'm hoping to post a few more out next week so they get there before the new year. Just need to contact a few people for their addresses, including you.

Speak soon

Mark x